The article addresses theoretical and praxeological aspects of the need for the formation and development of intercultural competence for future teachers who will provide educational services in multiethnic, multiconfessional, multilingual environments. Social reality assigns to contemporary education the task of forming a personality capable of adapting to the accelerated pace of changes in society and constructively solving problems-situations that may arise in the context of cultural, multiethnic and multiconfessional diversity. The multiethnic academic environment contributes to the formation of intercultural competence, which is especially important for future pedagogues.